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The Birth Of Jesus Is
Important But The
Gifts That Came
From The Birth Tells
The Real Christmas
Story!
John 1:1 (NASB) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word
was God.
1 John 1:1 (NASB) 1 What was from the beginning, what we
have heard, what we have seen with our
eyes, what we have looked at and
touched with our hands, concerning the
Word of Life—
1 John 1:2 (NASB) 2 and the life was manifested, and we
have seen and testify and proclaim to
you the eternal life, which was with the
Father and was manifested to us—
1 John 1:3-4 (NASB) 3 what we have seen and heard we
proclaim to you also, so that you too may
have fellowship with us; and indeed our
fellowship is with the Father, and with His
Son Jesus Christ. 4 These things we
write, so that our joy may be made
complete.
What do you think about when you think
about Christmas and the birth of Jesus?
Our Scripture verse is not the
typical Christmas verse but it does
a wonderful job of explaining the
Nativity scene.
Romans 6:23 (NASB) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the
free gift of God is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
The Greek word charisma is the
English word gift which means a
gift of grace, a free gift.
In John 1: 1 Jesus is called “The Word”
In 1 John 1:1 Jesus is called “The Word
of Life”
In 1 John1:2 Jesus is called “Eternal Life”
We are not told that Jesus has eternal
life, or even gives eternal life, we are
told that He is eternal life.
Salvation
by
Grace
God in
the
flesh
Eternal
Life
If you never open the gift
then you will live with fear,
insecurity, inadequacy, and
the feeling that you will
never measure up to God’s
standards.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NASB) 8 For by grace you have been
saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves, it is the gift
of God; 9 not as a result of
works, so that no one may
boast.
Your choice defines your life!
This actually show how important your
belief in the Christmas story actually
is!
If we ae saved not by what we
have done but by what Christ
has done then it is crucial that
the event of the Gospel are
real.
• Immaculate Conception
• Birth
• The Cross
• Resurrection of the dead
• Forgiveness of sin
• Righteousness
• Justification
• Sanctification
1 John 1:1-4 (NASB) 1 What was from the beginning, what we
have heard, what we have seen with our
eyes, what we have looked at and touched
with our hands, concerning the Word of
Life— 2 and the life was manifested, and we
have seen and testify and proclaim to you
the eternal life, which was with the Father
and was manifested to us—
1 John 1:1-4 (NASB) 3 what we have seen and heard we
proclaim to you also, so that you too may
have fellowship with us; and indeed our
fellowship is with the Father, and with His
Son Jesus Christ. 4 These things we write,
so that our joy may be made complete.
John 16:22 (NASB) 22 "Therefore you too have grief now;
but I will see you again, and your heart
will rejoice, and no one will take your
joy away from you.
John 17:13 (NASB) 13 "But now I come to You; and these
things I speak in the world so that they
may have My joy made full in
themselves.
1 John 1:1 (NASB) 1 What was from the beginning, what we
have heard, what we have seen with our
eyes, what we have looked at and
touched with our hands, concerning the
Word of Life—
1 John 1:2 (NASB) 2 and the life was manifested, and we
have seen and testify and proclaim to
you the eternal life, which was with
the Father and was manifested to
us—
Psalm 1:3 (NASB) 3 He will be like a tree firmly planted
by streams of water, Which yields its
fruit in its season And its leaf does not
wither; And in whatever he does, he
prospers. 4 These things we write, so
that our joy may be made complete.
Robert Yarbrough, NT Scholar says
the verbs: saw, heard, touched
correspond to the varieties of
witnesses [attestation] [showing
evidence]in ancient jurisprudence.
John is not making conversation but
swearing a deposition. [giving sworn
evidence]
If the Christmas Story is a
fictional story then you are on
your own, if it is a reality and
you accept Jesus gift then you
are saved by grace and with
grace comes God’s riches at
Christ expense.
1 John 1:3 (NASB) 3 what we have seen and heard we
proclaim to you also, so that you too
may have fellowship with us; and
indeed our fellowship is with the
Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
Koinonia is a Greek word which means
communion, joint participation, the share
which one has in anything, a gift jointly
contributed.
We can have the same personal
communion with God that the Apostles
had who saw, knew and touched
Jesus personally.
John 1:14 (NASB) 14 And the Word became flesh, and
dwelt among us, and we saw His glory,
glory as of the only begotten from the
Father, full of grace and truth.
Moses could not see the glory of
God not can we but Jesus allows
us to see it. He become the filter!
If you want to see God in human form
immerse yourself in the Scriptures.
Humility, compassion, Wisdom. Power,
Truth.
He is personal and touchable.
This is the real gifts of Christmas!
Jesus defies the worlds
expectations.
• The infinite become finite.
• The extraordinary become ordinary.
• Deity becomes mortal man.
• No hotel but a barn.
• No palace but homeless.
The real story of Christmas begins
not with great accomplishments but
just an ordinary act of humbling
asking.
If you haven’t are you willing to open
god’s gift this Christmas and humbly ask
Jesus to be your Lord? That is the real
meaning of Christmas.